1. The Civil War
1861 – 1865

2. Causes of the Civil War The Missouri Compromise
For every slave state admitted into the union, there must be a free state admitted.

3. Causes of the Civil War The Compromise of 1850
California admitted free state
New Mexico Territory; no slave restrictions
Slave trade abolished but not slavery
Fugitive Slave Act
All citizens had to help catch runaway slaves; anyone who aided a fugitive would be fined or imprisoned

4. Fugitive Slave Act

5. Causes of the Civil War Kansas-Nebraska Act
Congress disagreed over these states being free or slave states
Wiped Out Missouri Compromise and let popular sovereignty rule
Kansas elected proslavery legislature
Caused bloodshed in Kansas and Congress

6. Dredd Scott vs. Sanford
1830’s - Dredd Scott was a slave owned by a doctor in Missouri (Slave state)
The doctor moved his family to Illinois (Free State)
Dredd Scott sued for his freedom after his owner died in 1846.
Eleven years later, the case reached the Supreme Court

7. Dredd Scott vs. Sanford Verdict
As a slave, not a legal citizen, Dredd Scott did not have the right to bring a law suit.
An enslaved person was property so stepping on free soil did not make him free.
5th ammendment (Due process); cannot take away property
Constitution protected slavery

8. Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln elected president in 1860 but would not take office until March 4, (Buchanan still president)
Major division in congress over slavery
Neither wanted compromise

9. The South Secedes February 1861
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
Confederate States of America
President Jefferson Davis
Argued States’ Rights
Buchanan said they had no right to secede

10. Confederate States of America

11. Fort Sumter
Governer Pickens of South Carolina sent troops to attack Fort Sumter before they received needed supplies

12. Fort Sumter

13. Confederate General
Robert E. Lee

14. Union General
Ulysses S. Grant